Indie Corner Week 12: stella

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stella is a four-member city-pop girl band established in 2014. Utilizing a theme of “songs that grab a hold of people’s feelings”, stella creates a rhythm that entices the listener to dance and continue listening to the beat. With certain tracks their sound could be viewed as somewhat reminiscent of that of the early 90s idol scene--even though the girls of stella are not idols. A couple of prime examples of this nostalgia are their songs “シンデレラティック” (“Cinderella Tick”) and “tonight”.

Currently, stella’s two singles “Cinderella Tick” and “E.O Trick” are available on Apple Music, the former having appeared on TV TOKYO’s program EntaX this January.

Check out their official site here and their official Twitter 

stella stars Nozaki Nao(Bass)

Mizusawa Megumi (Drums)

 Rena Kuwayama (Vocals/ Keyboard)

Yuka Tanizaki (Guitar) 

 

Check out their song “Cinderella Tick” below!

Moka Sato Announces New Single!

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After the success of her latest album Lukewarm, vocalist Moka Sato announced a new single, melt summer/友達(Tomodachi), being released on August 8. Like Lukewarm, “melt summer” will be produced by Yo Irie, and will have the song arrangement done by evening cinema’s vocalist  Natsuki Harada. “melt summer” is being pitch as a mellow city-pop song while “Tomodachi” is hinting towards a folk-style of genre.

You can order Sato’s album here, and check out the music video for “Lukewarm” below!

Chotokkyu Drops The Beats As They Release The Dance Version Of Their Upcoming Single!

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Six-member boy band Chotokkyu dropped a dance version of their latest song “Jesus” on their official YouTube channel. Its release set for August 8, “Jesus” was first performed on July 24th during the “Coke-Cola SUMMER STATION Music Live” festival.

Preorder “Jesus” here , and you can check out the music video for “Jesus” below!

Yukueshire Tsurezure Lines Up A Special Guest Vocalist For Their New Album!

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Four-member idol group Yukueshire Tsurezure announced today that for their new album, exFallen —being released on August 1—, that vocalist Chris Fronzak from American metal band Attila will be participating in the album.

Fronzak will be the guest vocalist for the song “Phantom Kiss”. Yukueshire Tsurezure told fans that “they are excited for the collaboration and please look forward to the new album!”

Preorder exFallen here, and check out the music video for their song “Paradise Lost” below!

Eyedi Announces Japan Debut!

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Korean R&B song writer, Eyedi, announced today that she will be making her Japan debut with a Japanese version of her song “Sign”, and is being released on August 22. Japanese rapper Jinmenusagi will also collaborate for the rap part of the song, and will appear in the music video which you can see a small preview below.

“Sign” was also Eyedi’s debut single back in 2016, and we wish her similar success in Japan!